Linen... nowadays people have all sorts of reactions towards linen. Even though it still is apreciated in terms of aesthetics, linen is not considered functional because it looks a mess soon after you've put it to use. It's true that ironing linen sheets is a hard task but there's nothing compared to sleeping on them in hot Summer nights. And drying your hands in linen and setting the dinner table with an embroided linen towel are small luxuries for special occasions.

I love linen. I've seen crafts that use linen everywhere (specially in Japanese craft books and French magazines). Inspired by all this I bought -- some months ago -- half a meter of unbleached linen. Ironing it was dreadful but it smells SO good. It smells like fiels and straw and past centuries.